{"id":36469,"date":"2017-12-13T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36469"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:44:45","slug":"watch-fox-news-freak-out-over-doug-jones-victory-pretend-they-never-wanted-roy-moore-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36469","title":{"rendered":"Watch Fox News Freak Out Over Doug Jones Victory, Pretend They Never Wanted Roy Moore Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good people of Alabama came through on Tuesday and elected the decent senate candidate (Doug Jones) rather than the racist, crackpot, pedophile (Roy Moore). That doesn’t absolve the a-holes in Alabama who voted for Moore, but it’s an encouraging sign that positive changes are coming. The only way to characterize this outcome is as a monumental transformation for a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator for a quarter of century.<\/p>\n

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But leave it to Fox News to find other ways to characterize such an obviously anti-Trump, anti-Republican event. And it only took a matter of seconds for Fox to try to recast the Jones win as something positive for the GOP. Anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum were plainly unhappy with the call. Less than a minute after announcing that Jones would win the senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Fox went into hyper-spin mode saying this (video below):<\/p>\n

MacCallum:<\/strong> “You know there was a lot of discussion about whether a Roy Moore win would be a win, really, for the GOP. And there’s some questions tonight about whether or not there’s some silver lining, perhaps, for Republicans tonight. A victory by Moore, who was embroiled in a sex scandal, might have made it more difficult for the GOP to have gained control of the Senate in next year’s midterm elections.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s so much to unpack here. Let’s start with the eagerness of Fox News to abandon Moore, the candidate they have been pimping for months. They are pretending that his loss is actually what they wanted all along. If they think this will be taken this seriously, it is a bitter insult to their dimwitted viewers. However, they know their viewers best, and they are probably right. The Fox audience would need a “silver lining”<\/em> or a security blanket and a binky after what happened last night.<\/p>\n

What’s more, by virtually conceding that Moore’s “sex scandal”<\/em> would have been a major obstacle to the GOP’s electoral prospects next year, they are validating the very same case against Donald Trump. Actually, not quite the same. Trump has been accused by more women of more repulsive acts of harassment and abuse. If Fox News thinks that Moore’s loss will make those crimes go away they are deeply delusional. They will surely work hard to bury Trump’s reprehensible behavior, but in the comment above they have recognized that it cannot, and will not, be dismissed.<\/p>\n

Finally, MacCallum’s phrasing is curious. The GOP does not have to “gain control”<\/em> of the Senate next year. They currently have control. What she might be worried about is the growing possibility of Democrats assuming control of both houses of Congress. And once again, whatever difficulty she thinks the GOP would have had with Moore in the Senate isn’t going to be resolved as long Trump is in the White House.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Trump, he also made an effort to distance himself from Moore after the loss. He tweeted that:<\/p>\n

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The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n